Central Railway has intensified its measures against ticketless travel, collecting immense penalties from offender (Representative image)
MUMBAI : Central Railway (CR) has intensified its crackdown on unauthorized travel, recovering a record Rs 159.3 crore in penalties from 20.5 lakh ticketless passengers between April and September 2026, an official said on Thursday. This reflects a substantial 37% surge in earnings compared to Rs 116.5 crore collected during the same period last year. On average, CR ticket checking teams penalized 11,184 offenders and collected over Rs 87 lakh daily. In September 2026 alone, 2.4 lakh offenders were caught, yielding Rs 18.5 crore. Division-wise recoveries were led by Mumbai with Rs 66.9 crore (10.11 lakh cases), followed by Bhusaval (Rs 38.90 crore), Pune (Rs 18.68 crore), Nagpur (Rs 17.93 crore), Headquarters (Rs 9.63 crore), and Solapur (Rs 7.27 crore). Following the revision of the minimum penalty from Ra 250 to Rs 500, CR deployed multi-pronged strategies including ambush and fortress checks.
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